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PIJI marks World News Day

September 28, 2023

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What is the state of public interest journalism in Australia? This World News Day provides the perfect opportunity to find out.

Today is World News Day. Organised by the Canadian Journalism Foundation (CJF) and WAN- IFRA’s World Editors Forum (WEF), the day is dedicated to showing how powerful fact-based journalism is.

PIJI believes that public interest journalism is a public good; it is the accurate, reliable news and journalism at the heart of public discussion, diversity of voice, open justice, accountability and informed decision-making. It educates, inspires and brings together communities. Through our research, we aim to move Australia towards achieving our vision of a sustainable and diverse public interest journalism landscape.

To celebrate World News Day, we’re highlighting the importance of fact-based public interest journalism in Australia – how we work to keep track of it.

Take a look at the image gallery below, and for more information, view our news mapping projects.

A square image with the Public Interest Journalism Initiative logo in white in the corner. Half the image is red and shows a desert in the background, and the bottom half is black with white text that says "As of 30 June 2023, PIJI’s research has recorded a total of 486 market changes since January 2019, both positive and negative, for a net loss of 148."
A square red image with the Public Interest Journalism Initiative logo in white in the top left corner. The background shows a map of Australia. White text says "Of a total 547 LGAs across Australia, 24 per cent have fewer outlets now than at the beginning of 2019." Black text then says "There are 30 LGAs without digital or print local news, of which five have no local print, digital or radio outlets."
A square image with the Public Interest Journalism Initiative logo in white in the top left corner. The top half of the image is black and shows microphones in red. On the lower half, which is red, white text says "Public interest journalism is vital for a functioning modern democracy and plays a critical role in ensuring that the community is well and fairly informed through holding powers to account and providing a public record."
A square image with the Public Interest Journalism Initiative logo in white in the top left corner. The top half of the image is red and shows a black magnifying glass on top of a stack of paper. Text in white on a black background on the lower half of the image says "PIJI is investigating a sustainable future for public interest journalism. We envisage a sustainable and diverse public interest journalism landscape in Australia. Through our research, we help move Australia towards achieving this vision."
A black square with newsprint faintly within, with the Public Interest Journalism Initiative logo in white in the middle, then red text that says "View the latest research and reports at" and white text on the next line that says "www.piji.com.au/news-mapping"

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